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The Futur with Chris Do

151 - Round 2: Failure is the building block — with Mo Ismail

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Design, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Marketing, Arts

5976 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In round 2, Chris and Mo tackle the concept of ikigai. That is, how to live your life to it’s fullest potential. Theoretically, it makes good sense, but when it comes to taking action so few of us have the courage to do so. We are creatures of habit and comfort. The hard work and failure that leads to fulfillment is not an easy sell. But why is that? And how can you persevere in spite of that discomfort? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The The Let's go with round number two.

0:25.0

Ding, Ding, D. All right, you're making all this content about Icky guy telling people to live their fullest potential and

0:35.9

create money through their passion. I get it. It sounds great when I'm in your bubble,

0:40.7

when I'm in California with you and you're like feeding me all this energy.

0:45.2

But how does one muster up the courage to actually pursue it and commit to it with consistent action.

0:54.0

Not at like I did the whiteboard session, sounds great, feels great,

0:58.0

but how do I commit with courage and consistent action over time.

1:03.0

I'm going to apply concepts from round number one

1:06.0

into round number two.

1:08.0

Let's see if we can do this, okay?

1:10.0

So you're asking me, this feels good, It sounds good, but I don't have the courage nor the conviction

1:16.4

to do this.

1:17.6

And I can't fight your fight for you.

1:20.5

I can't do your push-ups for you.

1:23.0

So all I have to say is this, when you have a decision to make in your life,

1:27.0

you have to consider the option before you and the alternatives.

1:31.0

So when everybody's like, well,

1:32.0

well, why don't we look at what your

1:34.7

alternatives are to see, relatively speaking, and contextually speaking, if this is the best option

1:40.6

moving forward. So if you're doing something where it feels like you

1:44.7

have to plan a vacation to escape from what you're doing, that's a pretty good

1:48.4

indicator you're not doing what you're what you love. If you are not motivated to get up. If you're not motivated to give it the extra

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